January – March 2014
Early Years | Families | Young People Behind The Music | Schools
How To Book Wigmore Hall Box Office, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Booking opens on 1 November 2013
CALENDAR OF EVENTS JANUARY – MARCH 2014
IN PERSON 7 days a week: 10 am – 8.30 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm
Sat 4 Jan
BY TELEPHONE 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10 am – 7 pm. Days without an evening concert 10 am – 5 pm There is a non-refundable £2 administration charge for each transaction
Wed 8 Jan Thu 9 Jan
ONLINE www.wigmore-hall.org.uk. There is a £1 administration charge online
Wed 15 Jan
BOX OFFICE ENQUIRIES 020 7935 2141
Thu 16 Jan
WIGMORE HALL LEARNING ENQUIRIES 020 7258 8240
Tue 21 Jan
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OUR FREE WIGMORE HALL LEARNING MAILING LIST please call the Box Office or visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/brochure/post
Thu 23 Jan Thu 23 Jan Sat 25 Jan
We would like to thank the following for their support of the Wigmore Hall Learning programme. Their involvement is greatly appreciated. The Andor Charitable Trust Arts Council England BBC Children in Need Cavatina Chamber Music Trust Charities Advisory Trust City Bridge Trust Clifford Chance Foundation The Garrick Charitable Trust The Gordon Foundation Haringey Music Service Hyde Park Place Estate Charity John Lyon’s Charity The Leverhulme Trust
Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Milton Damerel Trust The Monument Trust Valerie O’Connor and Jeanette McIntosh The Rayne Foundation The Sampimon Trust The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust S E Franklin Charitable Trust No 3 Tower Hamlets Arts Music and Education Service (THAMES) Marie-Luise Waldeck City of Westminster And several anonymous donors
Photo Credits: All images © www.benjaminharte.co.uk. The right is reserved to substitute artists and to vary programmes if necessary.
Wed 29 Jan Thu 30 Jan Sat 1 Feb Wed 5 Feb Wed 5 Feb Fri 7 Feb Fri 7 Feb Sun 9 Feb Tue 11 Feb Thu 13 Feb
Artists in Converstion: Page 8 Apartment House Music for Life: Dementia 10 Awareness Training Day Introduction to Russian Music 10 Toddler Bop 2 Introduction to Russian Music 10 Chamber Tots 3 Schools Concert: 13 Songs of No Man’s Land Introduction to Russian Music 10 Family Concert: 4 Songs of No Man’s Land For Crying Out Loud! 2 Introduction to Russian Music 10 CAVATINA Family Concert 4 Wigmore Study Group 11 Pre-Concert Talk: 8 Britten Sinfonia Voices Chamber Tots 3 Young Producers back cover Concert Artists in Converstion: 8 Judith Weir Wigmore Study Group 11 Wigmore Study Group 11
Fri 14 Feb Tue 18 Feb Wed 19 Feb Fri 21 Feb Tue 25 Feb Sat 1 Mar Sat 1 Mar Fri 7 Mar Sat 8 Mar Tue 11 Mar Thu 13 Mar Fri 14 Mar Sat 15 Mar Wed 19 Mar Thu 20 Mar Wed 26 Mar Thu 27 Mar
Pre-Concert Talk Page 8 Half-Term Course: Ignition 6 Half-Term Course: Ignition 6 Family Day: Animate! 5 Pre-Concert Talk 9 Come and Sing: Shakespeare 11 Artists in Conversation: 9 Julia Fischer Schools Concert: 13 Flight of Song Study Afternoon: 12 Richard Rodgers, Act III Chamber Tots 3 Brigitte Fassbaender 12 Masterclass Brigitte Fassbaender 12 Masterclass Family Day: 5 Variations and Mutations Pre-Concert Talk: 9 Britten Sinfonia Chamber Tots 3 Artists in Conversation: 9 Sir Harrison Birtwistle For Crying Out Loud! 2
Please note that tickets for events on these pages will go on sale both online and via phone from 10.00 am on 1 November.
Chamber Tots For 2 – 5 year-olds Maximum 4 tickets per booking for each event
For Crying Out Loud!
£6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult
For parents and babies up to 1 year old £6 per adult – babies come free
Join us for these popular music workshops for young children and their carers featuring emerging chamber music ensembles.
A series of concerts performed by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music for parents and their babies. These 45-minute performances offer parents the opportunity to enjoy a programme of beautiful chamber music in a calm and accommodating environment. Although the music is appropriate for babies, these concerts are not interactive.
Sessions include a short performance and an interactive workshop for parents and children together including singing, playing percussion and a chance to meet the musicians and see their instruments close up.
Wednesday 29 January Thursday 27 March
11.00 am – 11.45 am 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm 11.00 am – 11.45 am 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm
Now includes additional concerts at 12.30 pm
Tuesday 21 January
Friday 7 February
Toddler Bop Tuesday 11 March
For 1 – 2 year-olds £6 per child – no ticket required for accompanying adult Interactive music, movement and play workshops for young children and their parents with Chamber Tots in the Community workshop leader Esther Sheridan and guest musicians. Wednesday 15 January 2
10.15 am – 11.00 am 11.45 am – 12.30 pm
Thursday 20 March
10.00 am – 11.00 am
2 – 3 year olds
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
3 – 5 year olds
10.00 am – 11.00 am
2 – 3 year olds
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
3 – 5 year olds
10.00 am – 11.00 am
2 – 3 year olds
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
3 – 5 year olds
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm
2 – 5 year olds
Early Years
Early Years
Events for Early Years
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Animate!
Supported by Mayfield Valley Arts Trust, The Monument Trust and The Andor Charitable Trust
HALF-TERM FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus
Songs of No Man’s Land Saturday 25 January 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
FAMILY CONCERT with Britten Sinfonia For age 7 plus Based on the book War Game by Michael Foreman Presenter Rus Pearson and musicians from Britten Sinfonia take you on a journey with a group of boys from the east of England who travel to the trenches of northern France. On Christmas Day 1914 something remarkable happens as the German and British armies stop fighting and meet in the middle of no man’s land. Combining existing repertoire and a new commission by Emily Hall, Songs of No Man’s Land explores the themes of friendship, loss and remembrance which surround the Great War.
Friday 21 February 10.30 am – 3.30 pm
Have you ever wanted to make your own animated film? Join workshop leader Rus Pearson, animator Reza Ben Gajra and musicians from the Royal Academy of Music for an action packed day exploring a range of stop-motion animation techniques and creating your own animated characters. Compose a soundtrack to your film and perform it live on the Wigmore Hall stage.
Families
Families
Family Events
Adults £12 Children £8
Variations and Mutations Saturday 15 March 10.30 am – 3.30 pm
Adults £7 Children £5
FAMILY DAY For age 5 plus
CAVATINA Family Concert Saturday 1 February 11.00 am – 12 noon For age 5 plus Featuring a wonderful arrangement of Peter and the Wolf, the award-winning Camarilla Wind Quintet introduce their instruments through the well-known characters in Prokofiev’s enchanting story. This young and dynamic ensemble performs for audiences of all ages and presents many concerts in schools with the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. They are currently artists in residence at the Purcell School.
Adults £7 Children £5 4
Join workshop leader Sam Glazer and musicians from the Royal Academy of Music for this fun family workshop inspired by Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Spend the day making music together and even performing on the Wigmore Hall stage at the end of the day! Adults £12 Children £8
In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net
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Apartment House PRS Award-winnng contemporary music ensemble
Wednesday 5 February 1.00 pm Roderick Williams baritone Joy Farrall clarinet Tom Poster piano
Ignition
Sunday 5 January 7.30 pm
Dante Quartet
Schubert, Schumann, Roderick Williams
Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 February 10.00 am – 3.30 pm both days
Haydn, Kodály and Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’
Wednesday 5 February 7.30 pm
HALF-TERM COURSE
Thursday 23 January 7.30 pm
Carducci String Quartet
For ages 11 – 16
Ignition is Wigmore Hall’s ensemble for young people to write and perform their own music. Led by Wigmore Hall Learning’s resident ensemble Ignite, you will be creating music influenced by jazz, chamber and contemporary music. Collaborate with other young performers and professional musicians and perform on the Wigmore Hall stage. This course is open to all types of instruments, from violins to bass guitars, snare drums to sitars.
£40 for the 2-day course
Young Producers Concert
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Please see back cover for details
Haydn, Bartók, Beethoven
JACK Quartet Programme devised by Julian Anderson. Includes a world première by Christopher Trapani Saturday 1 February 7.30 pm Janine Jansen violin Steven Isserlis cello Dénes Várjon piano Izabella Simon piano Stravinsky, Poulenc, Martinu°, Walton, Ravel
Sunday 2 March 7.30 pm
Wihan Quartet Mozart, Martinu° , Schubert Friday 7 March 7.30 pm Ralph Kirshbaum cello Shai Wosner piano Beethoven, Britten, Kodály Friday 14 March 7.30 pm
Zehetmair Quartet Janácˇek, Schubert, Debussy
Tuesday 25 February 7.30 pm
Takács Quartet Graham Mitchell double bass
Wednesday 19 March 1.00 pm
Dvorˇák, Janácˇek
Beethoven and a new work by William Cole (Cambridge University Composer’s Workshop Winner)
Friday 28 February 7.30 pm Marc-André Hamelin piano Martin Fröst clarinet Anthony Marwood violin Schubert, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Debussy, Bartók
Britten Sinfonia
Friday 28 March 7.30 pm
Pavel Haas Quartet Smetana, Dvorˇák, Brahms
For full programme listings please see www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Chamber Zone FREE CONCERT TICKETS AND WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SCHOOLS ( Listed on facing page) Supported by CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust with ongoing support from The Monument Trust and The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust
Free tickets are available to 8 – 25 year-olds and school groups for specially selected Wigmore Hall series concerts. Please note there is a limited number of Chamber Zone tickets available per concert. Please book through the Box Office on 020 7935 2141, quoting ‘Chamber Zone’. 6
Young People
Young People
Young People’s Events
Saturday 4 January 7.30 pm
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust www.cavatina.net
A limited number of free workshops are available to school groups. For more information please visit www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/chamberzone.
In - school workshops with Britten Sinfonia Monday 3 February & Monday 17 March Workshops are available to take place in your school on the above dates linked to the Chamber Zone concerts on Wednesday 5 February and Wednesday 19 March. Pupils will have the opportunity to work alongside musicians from Britten Sinfonia creating their own music inspired by the pieces at the concerts. Contact Daisy Swift for more information and to book your workshop dswift@wigmore-hall.org.uk
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Artists in Conversation: Apartment House
Tuesday 25 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Anthony Burton introduces the Takács Quartet’s evening concert as they continue their journey through the music of Bohemia and Moravia with performances of Dvorˇák and Janácˇek.
Saturday 4 January 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Anton Lukoszevieze, founder and Director of Royal Philharmonic Society Award-winning Apartment House, is joined by members of the ensemble to introduce their Wigmore Hall debut.
Artists in Conversation: Julia Fischer
Pre-Concert Talk: Britten Sinfonia
Wigmore Hall Artist in Residence Julia Fischer in conversation with Hilary Finch ahead of the second concert of her ‘Perspectives’ series.
Wednesday 5 February 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required) Composer and baritone Roderick Williams introduces the lunchtime concert which will include a performance of his new work commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall.
Artists in Conversation: Judith Weir Sunday 9 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Composer Judith Weir in conversation with Christopher Cook ahead of the world première of her major new commission which will be performed by the Aurora Orchestra as part of the evening concert.
Pre-Concert Talk Friday 14 February 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Geoffrey Norris introduces Steven Osborne’s programme which includes works by Prokofiev, Ravel and Rachmaninov.
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Pre-Concert Talk
Saturday 1 March 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3
Behind The Music
Behind The Music
Pre-Concert Events
Pre-Concert Talk: Britten Sinfonia Wednesday 19 March 12.15 pm – 12.45 pm Free to concert ticket holders (separate ticket required) Britten Sinfonia’s lunchtime concert is introduced by composer William Cole, winner of the 2013 Cambridge University Composers’ Workshop, whose new work will be performed as part of the programme.
Artists in Conversation: Sir Harrison Birtwistle Wednesday 26 March 6.00 pm – 6.45 pm £3 Sir Harrison Birtwistle in conversation with Tom Service before the Nash Ensemble’s concert which includes a performance of his entrancing recent work for voices evoking the mysterious world of moths.
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Wednesday 8 January 10.00 am – 5.00 pm An inspirational training day for professional musicians and music leaders who are interested in working with people living with dementia. Working alongside experienced musicians and practitioners from our pioneering Music for Life programme, you will explore the principles of person-centred care and gain a practical understanding of the musical and communication skills relevant to working with people living with dementia, gaining the confidence to apply your own skills and abilities in this context.
Tickets £50 Contact Kate Whitaker for more information and to apply for a place kwhitaker@wigmore-hall.org.uk Music for Life was founded by Linda Rose in 1993
Wigmore Study Group Wednesday 5, Tuesday 11, Thursday 13 February 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm
THE SONGS OF HUGO WOLF For the first time in its history, the Wigmore Study Group at last turns its attention to the extraordinary songs of Hugo Wolf, tied to Angelika Kirchschlager’s recital on 13 February. Wolf has long remained deeply cherished by lovers of the Lied – his songs miraculously assimilating the legacy of Schubert and Schumann with the tonal and motivic innovations of Wolf’s great idol, Richard Wagner, while demonstrating a quite remarkable sensitivity to the deeper psychological resonances of poetic text. Hosted by composer Julian Philips and pianist Laura Roberts, this Wigmore Study Group will look in detail at Wolf songs over three afternoons with contributions not only from visiting musicologists but also outstanding performers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Behind The Music
Behind The Music
Music for Life: Dementia Awareness Training Day
Series ticket price £53 including 3 study sessions and a ticket for the evening concert on 13 February.
Introduction to Russian Music Thursdays 9, 16, 23, 30 January 5.00 pm – 6.15 pm Russia does not possess the same deeply embedded musical culture of many Western European countries but its relative isolation from the mainstream and the proximity of more exotic influences has produced an astoundingly rich and varied body of music. Roy Stratford traces the beginnings of a Russian tradition with Glinka in the early 19 th century, visits the great amateurs such as Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov, the iconoclastic and instinctive Musorgsky and of course the paradigm of popularity in classical music, Tchaikovsky. The twentieth century is equally compelling with the great revolutionary exile Igor Stravinsky and the reactionary exile Rachmaninov vying for attention with Prokofiev (partly exile) and Shostakovich who stayed at home and paid the price. In some ways it would be hard to imagine a more disparate bunch but what is very apparent is an ineluctable ‘Russian’ flavour in all their music.
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Series ticket price £24
Come and Sing: Shakespeare Saturday 1 March 10.00 am – 3.30 pm Isabelle Adams leads a workshop day for adults exploring some of the many vocal settings of Shakespeare texts. Get to know the music from the inside, develop your singing skills and finish the day with a performance on the Wigmore Hall stage. Everyone is welcome and there is no need to read music.
£18 concessions £10
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Saturday 8 March 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Schools Concerts The Schools Programme is supported by The Monument Trust & The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust
RICHARD RODGERS, ACT III:
Songs of No Man’s Land
The lesser-known ‘Third Act’ of Richard Rodgers’s remarkable career With Nigel Simeone and Bert Fink
Thursday 23 January 11.00 am – 12.00 noon KEY STAGE 2 SCHOOLS CONCERT
Richard Rodgers (1902 – 79) is considered one of the greatest dramatic composers of the 20th Century, epitomised in his landmark partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. In the final two decades of his life, Rodgers continued to create sophisticated and often innovative works of music theatre, collaborating with such talents as Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Sheldon Harnick, Martin Charnin – and even himself. This often overlooked period in Rodgers’s life is explored in a study afternoon with musicologist and writer Nigel Simeone, joined by Bert Fink, Senior Vice President / Europe for Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Based on the book War Game by Michael Foreman Presenter Rus Pearson and musicians from Britten Sinfonia take you on a journey with a group of boys from the east of England who travel to the trenches of northern France. Combining existing repertoire and a new commission by Emily Hall, Songs of No Man’s Land explores the themes of friendship, loss and remembrance which surround the Great War. Accompanied by a teachers’ resource pack. Tickets: £2.50 Please book through the Learning team on 020 7258 8240 In partnership with Britten Sinfonia
£10 concessions £6
Brigitte Fassbaender Masterclass Thursday 13 March 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm Friday 14 March 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm Alongside a glittering operatic career, mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender’s richly imaginative and psychologically revealing interpretations of Lieder have won admirers worldwide. She returns to Wigmore Hall to pass on the fruits of a lifetime’s practical experience and deep thought about the art of singing to a group of exciting emerging talents.
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Schools
Behind The Music
Study Afternoon
Flight of Song Friday 7 March 11.00 am – 12.00 noon KEY STAGE 2 SCHOOLS CONCERT WITH EXAUDI Join presenter Isabelle Adams and inspirational vocal group EXAUDI on a journey through a world of songs, sounds and stories to find an answer to the question ‘what is singing?’. Open your ears to music new and old, explore the extremes of singing, learn some new songs and work with EXAUDI during the concert to create a brand new piece to perform together. Accompanied by a teachers’ resource pack. Tickets: £2.50
Please book through the Learning team on 020 7258 8240
Chamber Zone Ticket Scheme Free tickets and workshops for schools to selected concerts – see pages 6 – 7 for details.
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Young Producers Concert Friday 7 February 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm What happens when a group of talented young people from three secondary schools in Tower Hamlets programme a concert at Wigmore Hall? Which artists will they choose? What will they play? Find out more about this unique project and keep up to date with developments at www.wigmore-hall.org.uk /young-producers In partnership with Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service (THAMES) The Schools Programme is supported by The Monument Trust & The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust
Tickets: FREE (no ticket required)
WIGMORE HALL 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP • Box Office Tel: 020 7935 2141 • www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Ursula Crickmay Director of Learning • Learning Tel: 020 7258 8240 The Wigmore Hall Trust • Registered Charity No. 1024838 Facilities for Disabled People For full details please call 020 7258 8210